To Pee Or Not To Pee In Front Of Your Man

Being Open About Open Door Bathroom Behavior

It's nice to share your bed with your guy. But it's not as nice to share your bathroom.

When it comes to peeing in front of your significant other, I give the whole debate a big "hell no." On the subject of this specific etiquette, I am pretty much a bathroom prude (unlike every girl on "Girls," I still run the water when my girlfriends are even in the room most of the time).

When becoming comfortable in a new relationship, he's going to see you without make-up. He's probably going to see you cry, and he's probably going to see you do a lot of things you don't want him to. But here's something you can (hopefully) control unless he accidentally bursts the bathroom door down: He doesn't have to see you pee.

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The toilet isn't a real-life throne. It is not an attractive place to perch. What you are doing on there isn't adorable. And yes, I realize he is going to become more than comfortable enough to pee in front of you (ew, don't remind me), but this is actually a double standard I don't mind upholding. At least for myself. Not because I don't think he'd mind seeing me with my pants around my ankles, but because I do.

I've run into more than my fair share of ladies who disagree with me and think it's perfectly fine to pop a squat in front of guys they are in a variety of levels of relationships with from newly dating to fully committed.

"I've been peeing in front of my boyfriend since we first met," says Jenna, 25. "It just doesn't seem like a big deal. He pees in front of me. It's not like I'd ever do the other thing in front of him."

"I definitely pee in front of boys," insists Lizzie, 26. "I think it's a part of the boarding school culture. We had these rest-room stalls but we never closed the doors."

"I think it's impractical to not pee in front of your boyfriend if you are ever serious about marrying them. And if you're going to have a child with that person? Like, forget it. Do you know what happens then? Ugh. It's just peeing!" says Christi, 27. "I've peed on the side of the road in front of my boyfriend, everything. I just won't fart in front of him. That's the only romance-killer."

"I always tell myself I won't pee in front of him, but then I always do," says Victoria, 27. "If you date anyone for more than a few months, you spend so much time with them it just happens. Traveling, spending the night. I'm not a Barbie. Plus, I drink a lot of Diet Coke."

At least I have one person on my side:

"I lock the door AND run the water, and I tell him if he comes in, he's sleeping on the floor. There's some things I just don't want him to see. He, on the other hand, will hold full conversations with me while peeing with the door wide open," says Anne, 23.